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Few home repair construction challenges inspire more dread than standing water. If water needs to be drained, it’s a safe bet that something bad has happened. You need to know precisely what the job requires. There are many types of water pumps for home use. This breakdown will help you know the right pump for your water situation, whether you do, in fact, have a water disaster on your hands or you simply need to boost the water pressure, drain a pool, or circulate water through a fountain. When you are dealing with standing water, especially when it’s impacting your foundation, it can quickly cause serious damage that leads to costly repair. Don’t put it off.
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Submersible Pumps
Whether you need to dewater a construction site or mine, circulate fountain water, or have a backyard swimming pool that needs to be drained, a submersible pump will save the day. Our popular Multiquip ST2037 2-inch Submersible Pump is compact yet powerful enough to drain up to 73 gallons per minute, making it the ideal choice for dewatering that basement or pool. It comes with a durable die-cast aluminum casing cover and automatic thermal-overload protection.
Trash pumps
If you’re faced with debris-filled standing water, you’ll need a trash pump to clear the mess. Whether you’re looking at raw sewage, rocks, sticks, or the standard pieces of material you might find swirling in a flooded construction site, our 201538 BJM SV1500C-230 3-Inch Submersible Pump 230V will get the job done for you.
SV-Series pumps are equipped with Vortex impellers—the best non-clog impellers for whatever solids lurk in your standing water. This pump comes with a cast iron volute and recessed impeller—a rugged design set to take on solids without clogging.
Diaphragm Water Pumps
Faced with a water situation that seems impossible to drain? Well, you probably need a diaphragm pump, the kind of heavy-duty trash pump that can handle practically anything. From a pond filled with who-knows-what to a mud slurry, a diaphragm pump can clear it, like our popular Wacker Neuson PDT3A 3-Inch Diaphragm Trash Pump, a heavy-duty, built-to-last pump that can handle solids up to 1.75 inches.
Our durable Wacker Neuson comes with the added benefit of being lightweight, its aluminum alloy body making it both strong and easy enough to transport. The surge chamber on the inlet side also provides smooth pumping by absorbing pressure spikes and ensuring longevity by reducing wear.
Centrifugal Water Pumps
Centrifugal water pumps are what you need when you’re looking to circulate and transfer water or other low-viscosity liquids. They can be great for draining flooded city streets, moving water in ponds and fountains, and boosting water pressure.
Our MultiQuip QP205SH 2-Inch High Pressure Centrifugal Dewatering Pump is powered by a 4.8-horsepower Honda gasoline engine and can move 106 gallons per minute—an application that can prove invaluable for portable fire-fighting and other temporary situations that call for pressure, such as sprinkler systems used in fire-fighting and landscaping.
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Sludge Pumps
For especially challenging liquids filled with solid matter, sludge pumps are the name of the game. Our Chicago Pneumatic CP0077 Sludge Pump is perfect for tackling seawater, corrosive chemicals, and liquids that hold up to 15 percent solids, up to an inch in size. Our Chicago Pneumatic is built for a long life and requires little maintenance. It operates on a venture/ejector principle, meaning it has no motor or diaphragm subject to wear, and it comes equipped with a noise-reducing exhaust muffler, eliminating a bit of unpleasantness from your cleanup.
Whatever water situation you’re faced with, whether that’s a flooded yard or basement, a lack of pressure in your water system, or a backyard pool that needs to be drained, we have the right water pump for you. Browse all our water pump options online at Contractor’s Direct.
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